semi-dry

1. 1.

   somewhat dry

   “swabbing left the deck semi-dry but still slippery”

   Similardry

Questions about semi-dry

What does semi-dry mean?

semi-dry means "somewhat dry".

How many syllables are in semi-dry?

semi-dry has 3 syllables and divides as se-mi--dry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is semi-dry a common word?

semi-dry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.